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DRIVING- REIN.

Patented June 2, 1885.

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SPEGFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,360, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed August 2l, 18S/l. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN WARTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented new and useful Im.- provements in Driving-Items, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in driving-reins, as pointed out in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the handle and fastening device, and Fig. 3 is a plan or top view, partly in section, showing a Vmodification of the invention.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a pair of reins, the inner ends of which are drawn through the clamp B. By applying this clamp to the reins a grasping-bight, C, is formed, which enables the driver to take a firm hold of the reins with one hand. clamp Bis secured in the required position by a set-screw, a, or by any other equivalent means, and if this set-screw is loosened the clamp can be readily moved in or out, so as to bring the grasping-bight C in the most convenient position for the driver.

In order to enable the driver to take a convenient hold of the bight C, I secure the clamp B to a handle, D, Fig. 1, said clamp being fastened on the back of the handle, preferably at about the middle of its length. By releasing the reins the handle can be adjusted in the best possible position for the driver. On the back of the handle are also secured two loops or staplesone on each side of the clamp-for the purpose of preventing the reins from sliding off over the ends of the handle. By turning the handle D either one of the reins can be drawn in, and the driver is enabled to guide the horse or horses conveniently with one hand, and his other hand is free to grasp the holdback strap E, so that in case the horse or horses make an attempt to run away he is enabled to check them instantaneously,and,the dangerv that he may drop the guide-reins is avoided. The hold- The back-strap F is situated in advance of the fastening device and of the grasp or handle at such a distance that t-he driver by bending forward can reach the same with his free hand, and by these means he is enabled to draw in the reins a considerable distance and to bring all his power to bear on the horse or horses.

If desired, two or more holdback-straps may be secured to the reins, one in advance of the other.

It will be noticed that the fastening device retains the reins with their flat sides facing each other, so that the reinswhile being manipulated have not to be bent edgewise.

The handle D is made with a concave face,

so that when the handle is turned the reins are not liable to chafe the hand which grasps the handle.

The construction of the fastening device may be varied-as, for instance, a loop, Z, having a tongue, Z', for engaging Aboth the reins, may be used instead of the clamp, as shown in the modification, Fig. 3.

YWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pair of reins, ofv a handle interposed between the reins, and a fastening device, substantially as described,carried by the handle for holding both reins.

2. The combination, with a pair of reins, of a handle arranged between the reins and having guides through which the reins pass, and a fastening device, substantially as described, carried by thehandle for holding both reins.

3. The combination, with apair of reins, of a handle interposed between the reins, a fastening device, substantially as described, carried by the handle, for holding both reins, and a strap adapted for an additional hold on handle and connected with the reins in ad vance of the handle.

4. The combination, with a pair of reins, of a handle constructed with a concave face and interposed between the reins, and a fastening device, substantially as described, carried bythe handle, for holding both reins.

5. The combination, with a pair of reins, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my of two grasps-one in advance of the otherhand and seal inthe presence of two vsubscribone of said grasps being formed by a handle, ing Witnesses. to which both reins are secured by a fasten- ALBIN WARTH. [L S.]

5 ing devioe,substautia1ly as described, and the Witnesses:

other by the holdback-strap secured to both W. HAUFF,

reins. E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

